The fourth word of verse (7:161) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is sīn kāf nūn (س ك ن). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:161:4) us'kunū "Live
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperative verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل أمر والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:161)

The analysis above refers to the 161st verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And [mention, O Muhammad], when it was said to them, "Dwell in this city and eat from it wherever you will and say, 'Relieve us of our burdens,' and enter the gate bowing humbly; We will [then] forgive you your sins. We will increase the doers of good [in goodness and reward]."

See Also

• English Translations
• Imperative Verbs
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn kāf nūn

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